RAKE — BUTTERFLIES 
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about the plant, that I was able, by destroying the parent insect 
to prevent further damage. 
The Eeliconince have a feeble flight and being without 
a pungent flavour protect themselves against birds by mimicking 
the Danaince. Thus Heliconius eucrate mimics Mechanitis 
polymnia . 
The last sub-family of JVywiphalidoe is the Eymphrilince. 
Its members are so numerous that I can only refer to a few of 
the more conspicuous ones. 
First we have the handsome Dione vanillce, or Flambeau as 
it is called here, which resembles the European fritillaries. The 
upper surface of the wings is a rich tawny colour spotted with 
black, while the under surface is thickly spotted with silver — far 
more so than in the European representatives. The butterfly is 
often found resting with wings closed, on blades of grass. 
The striking family of the Vanessce which includes the Euro- 
pean Red Admiral, Peacock, Painted Lady and Tortoise-shells so 
happily linked with memories of our boyhood is but poorly 
represented in Trinidad. We have but three butterflies belonging 
to this family. One of these is Junonia genoveva , our solitary 
representative of a genus widely distributed through Asia and 
Africa. It is marked with brown and yellow, and has two black 
eyes near the margin of each wing. It is common along dry 
roads or pastures. The other two belong to the genus Anartia . 
One of these Anartia jatrophoe, is of various shades of grey with 
black spots, and is called here the Biscuit. The other one — 
Anartia amalthca— is black, broadly banded with red in the 
middle of the wings and spotted with white towards the margins. 
Both these species are extremely common and may nearly always 
be seen flitting over herbage along the road-sides. Their habits 
recall those of the small Tortoise-shell at home. 
Callicore marchalii is a striking bisect. The upper surface 
of the wings is velvety black with green markings. On the under 
surface, the fore wings are scarlet at the base, while the hind 
